How to fail at almost everything and still win big “I find it helpful to see the world as a slot machine that doesn’t ask you to put money in. All it asks is your time, focus, and energy to pull the handle over and over.” – Scott Adams Most autobiographical self-help books on success recommend a “work hard”, “stay focused”, “never give up” doggedness. This book is one of the few that makes a direct reference to the role of luck in living a successful life. The typical tone of self-help books “I have it all figured out so

Three quick questions: How many times do you think you checked your phone today? If you’re reading this on a laptop or PC, how many browser tabs do you currently have open or have had open in the last hour? How many work emails did you receive and send today? What do the answers to these questions have anything to do with anything? Plenty, it turns out, according to Cal Newport’s book Deep Work. Cal is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University with a Phd from MIT. His focus has been on understanding how to perform productive, valuable